05-08-2005, 09:24 AM
<b>Donât give us sermons, BJP tells UPA</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Flaying the Congress for being critical of NDA's boycott of Parliament, Naidu said non-cooperation was a "powerful weapon" in a democracy and the NDA was pursuing it for a limited period of time.
"Don't give us sermons," the BJP vice-president said. "How many times he (Singh) had boycotted Parliament?" Congress leaders should "reopen old accounts" and see for themselves as to how many times they resorted to such a kind of protest.
The Congress boycotted the then Defence Minister George Fernandes for 22 months, the former BJP president recalled, as he spoke at a meeting of BJP's district presidents and office-bearers in Karnataka.
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"Don't give us sermons," the BJP vice-president said. "How many times he (Singh) had boycotted Parliament?" Congress leaders should "reopen old accounts" and see for themselves as to how many times they resorted to such a kind of protest.
The Congress boycotted the then Defence Minister George Fernandes for 22 months, the former BJP president recalled, as he spoke at a meeting of BJP's district presidents and office-bearers in Karnataka.
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